A Thousand Splendid Suns - Hosseini
If you have not read Kite Runner yet, I implore you to make it summer reading. While you're at amazon.com, go ahead and buy A Thousand Splendid Suns.
Hosseini's debut novel, Kite Runner, took the world by storm. An historical novel that grabbed the hearts of all of us, allowing us more than just a glimpse, an experience within a culture so unfamiliar and yet events that we can all relate to.
A Thousand Splendid Suns equally grabs a hold and does not let go. Again, set in war torn years of political unrest in Afghanistan, the novel follows the lives of two women, caged by marriage and the cultural dictates on women, redeemed by love and grace. For all the ways my life is remarkably dissimilar to this story, I still found my heart aching for the characters, my frustration growing with every obstacle they faced and my tears streaming with the price of freedom and safety. The plot was unpredictable to me, I was caught off guard at each turn, at each new challenge the characters faced. It was unimaginable to me that we live in the same world where such atrocities exist, and yet, Hosseini presents a clear truth, a simple and straight forward rendering of a fictional tale within an historically accurate environment.
This book is a tremendous novel in and of itself and is a phenomenal second novel for Hosseini. I highly recommend both with unconditional praise.
Hosseini's debut novel, Kite Runner, took the world by storm. An historical novel that grabbed the hearts of all of us, allowing us more than just a glimpse, an experience within a culture so unfamiliar and yet events that we can all relate to.
A Thousand Splendid Suns equally grabs a hold and does not let go. Again, set in war torn years of political unrest in Afghanistan, the novel follows the lives of two women, caged by marriage and the cultural dictates on women, redeemed by love and grace. For all the ways my life is remarkably dissimilar to this story, I still found my heart aching for the characters, my frustration growing with every obstacle they faced and my tears streaming with the price of freedom and safety. The plot was unpredictable to me, I was caught off guard at each turn, at each new challenge the characters faced. It was unimaginable to me that we live in the same world where such atrocities exist, and yet, Hosseini presents a clear truth, a simple and straight forward rendering of a fictional tale within an historically accurate environment.
This book is a tremendous novel in and of itself and is a phenomenal second novel for Hosseini. I highly recommend both with unconditional praise.
Comments
Kite Runner was excellent. You won't be disappointed.
I have it if you want to trade.
;-)
(says the librarian who doesn't believe in censorship but thinks books should come with ratings like movies do.)
That said, I think it's great that there are enough books to go around. I don't have to read KR or 1000 SS suns...I can read In Her Shoes or Gilead instead.
If it's even partly as good as The Kite Runner I'll be happy.